The Taliban said it won’t be held responsible should King die in captivity, blaming the U.S. for not acting to meet the group’s demands and thus get King help.

He and Australian professor Timothy Weeks taught at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul until August 2016, when they were kidnapped at gunpoint.

They’re believed to be held by the Haqqani network — a group tied to the Taliban — which once held Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as well as the recently rescued Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle.

Bergdahl, rescued in a 2014 prisoner swap, is now awaiting sentencing for abandoning his post. Coleman, an American, and Boyle, a Canadian, were brought to Toronto two weeks ago after five years in captivity.

The Taliban on Monday said it wouldn’t release King unless its demands are met.

In a video released in January, King pleaded with the U.S. to release prisoners held in “Bagram,” likely referring to the major U.S. airbase there.

“If you do not negotiate with them we will be killed,” an emotional King pleaded in the 13-minute video.